Fun and Games This Time of the Year

Seasons Greeting!  

That was the first thing that I saw.

Second was your card has been CHARGED $. . . .!

RED FLAGS!!!

I have never heard neither dealt with this company.

Next thing I am having my bank calling and stating that I need to close my debt card account immediately as it has been hacked.

Got to love my banks fast action in catching fraud.  

OH the JOYS of the Holiday Season.  Brings out the GOOD and BAD in people

I really dislike having to redo my card and all the transactions that are linked to it.  Dislike the fact that someone or thing has put a hold on my life for now.  It's going to take some serious back tracking to find all the accounts that are direct withdrawal. 

Going to have to drag out old bank statements, check numbers and do a lot of photo calls.

Anyone else out there have this problem?  

Have you had you bank call you up in the wee hours of the morning informing you that you need to get a new card ASAP?

OH life is going to be very interesting around here for the next week or two as I locate, contact and setup my new bank numbers.

HO, HO, HO!

Monday Photo Challenge

Macro Monday -
It's been a while since I took out my macro lens and played with it.  After seeing all the fog this morning I new that today was the day for macro play.

Here is the Before I added Kim Klassens Textures

1.  Cropped

2.  Corrected exposure and white balance

3.  Sharpened for the web

Same photo as the first but with one of Kim Klassen's textures applied.

If you look really had at the water droplet you will see a up-side-down reflection of my home. It almost appears as tho I were using a fish eye lens, which I wasn't

The above photos are added to Macro Monday's Photo Challenge.

I Heart Faces Photo Challenge - Silhouette

Coming up with a silhouette photo for this challenge was pretty easy.  But the photo had to have a face in it, not so easy.  I wonder if statues count?

Here's the steps for editing the above photo

• Exposure and white balance correct in ACT
• Duplicate image once in Photoshop
• Color adjustment layer - color fill - 665566 - 100%
• Color adjustment layer - color fill - 665566 - 25%
• Photo filter - normal - sepia- 67%
• Kim Klassen texture - Cool Grunge - soft light - 63%
• Kim Klassen Texture - Corrugated - overlay - 67%
• Signature layer
• Sharpen  - High Pass - 67%
• Duplicate
• Re-size 72ppi
• Save for Web

 This photo is entered in the I ♥ Faces photo challenge

HOT . . . HOT . . . HOT DEAL

I am sharing a very SWEETHEART of a HOT DEAL for all my photography friends that can't afford or don't want to purchase Photoshop.

Costco has a really SWEET DEAL - $30 off their Elements 9 program.


This is the offer that Costco is advertising for Adobe Elements 9

Valid for orders placed November 11, 2010 through November 28, 2010. While supplies last.

Online price	$79.99
**Less	-$30.00
YOUR COST	$49.99

So if you haven't gotten a photo editing program yet and you've always wanted one, now it the best time to get one.  BTW Adobe Elements does do Layers.
Here is the direct link to Adobe Elements as seen on Costco.

You better hurry as this offer is only good through Nov. 28th